Freedom X
"FREEDOM FIGHTER, n. A State Department term referring to: 1) A
mercenary attempting to install an authoritarian regime friendly to U.S.
business interests; 2) A heavily armed Islamic fanatic who wishes to
impose his religious views upon others through the use of violence."
(For our younger readers, this refers to the rhetoric of the Reagan/Bush administration during the 1980s, when it was? to the tune of $3 billion? bankrolling Osama Bin Laden and the Afghan "freedom fighters" who were to become the Taliban; we'd also note that Reagan and Bush showed pronounced favoritism toward these extremist elements, in contrast to the more moderate Afghans.)
--Chaz Bufe, The Devil's Dictionaries ("American Heretic's Dictionary" section)
(For our younger readers, this refers to the rhetoric of the Reagan/Bush administration during the 1980s, when it was? to the tune of $3 billion? bankrolling Osama Bin Laden and the Afghan "freedom fighters" who were to become the Taliban; we'd also note that Reagan and Bush showed pronounced favoritism toward these extremist elements, in contrast to the more moderate Afghans.)
--Chaz Bufe, The Devil's Dictionaries ("American Heretic's Dictionary" section)
posted by TLC's Place at 6:13 AM
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